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Avocado
Commission plans big summer promotion
The
Irvine-based California Avocado Commission is taking advantage
of the consumer trend toward eating more meals at home by
launching a multi-tiered promotion called Summer Entertaining
with California Avocados during the time when the state's
avocado supplies are biggest - May through August - according
to a news release.
To
learn more. . .
*
Salyer
American growers seek buyers for product
* Fruit,
vegetable advisory committee re-chartered
* Chipotle
to expand local produce program
* New
Product Showcase
* PACA
actions
Outside
the Insider
* Food
Web, meet Interweb: The networked future of farms (wired.com)
* Report
finds problems at pistachio plant linked to Salmonella (kansascity.com)
* Tesco's
Fresh & Easy evolving in tough U.S. market (uk.reuters.com)
* Kohl
urges immediate food safety measures (jsonline.com)
* Growth
industry: Honeybee numbers expand worldwide as U.S. decline
continues (scientificamerican.com)
* Washington
cherry growers fear air delays (seattletimes.com)
* A
recipe for longevity: 33 of the healthiest foods on earth
(huffingtonpost.com)
People
RYAN BITTNER
has joined the sales team of Steinbeck Country Produce Inc.,
Salinas, California.
LORRI
KOSTER, vice president of marketing for Mann Packing Co.,
Salinas, was sworn in as chairwoman of the board to The Grower-Shipper
Association of Central California on May 22.
WESLEY
RUST and LARRY NARWOLD have joined NationFresh LLC, Lakewood,
Colorado as directors of business development.
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